Promising initial feedback from areas testing new ways to link schools with child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) prompted the Department for Education to announce in May an expansion of the initiative just six months after its launch.
The 22 single-point-of-contact pilots are bringing together a named contact in a CAMHS team with a member of staff from 255 schools (see below).
With more areas set to follow, two of the initial pilot sites outline the approach they have taken.
HERTFORDSHIRE
Breda O'Neill, school CAMHS link manager for East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which commissions CAMHS in the county, says the trust is working with schools to implement and develop new ways of working.
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